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Wednesday 15 June 2022 e Thursday 16 June 2022, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Belloy, Pierre-Laurent Buirette de

Oeuvres complettes, 1779

Estimate

€ 150 - 250

Sold

€ 256

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Paris, Moutard, 1779. In 8th. 5 vols. Portrait engraved in copper in the front door, 6 full-page plates out of text, light browning, some slight bloom and small stain, contemporary half leather binding with corners, some peeling, defects. Paper ex libris for counterplates.

Specialist Notes

Same year as the first edition, published by Cussac. 1775) preferred to join the company of comedians who acted in the courts of sovereigns. Playwright and actor, he became an academic of France in 1771. He collaborated with the Foreign Journal and the Literary Gazette of Europe. He earned the flattering title of "national poet" because he drew the subject of his tragedies from the events of national history.

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